Showdown at Area 51 (2007)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

C. Roma

Writers:

Brook Durham (writer)
Ari Graham (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Two aliens who crash on Earth must find a buried weapon that will destroy the planet and their own society if not stopped. |

Cast

Jason London	...	Jake Townsend
Gigi Edgley	...	Monica Gray
Christa Campbell	...	Charlie Weise
Coby Bell	...	Jude
Jahidi White	...	Kronnan
Mel Fair	...	Tate
Brock Roberts	...	Maj 12 OP 1
Lee Horsley	...	Diamond Joe Carson
Kip Martin	...	Alex Townsend
Tom Lowell	...	Ranger #1
Lorraine Clarkson	...	Female Driver

Also Known As:

Alien vs. Alien (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:12

Company:

Nu Image Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: All gunshot muzzle flashes are obviously computer generated. This is most obvious on the M-16s as no spent shell cases are ejected and most ejection ports are closed during fire.

Quotes:

Diamond Joe: [about Jude] Captain Kirk stays outside.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

The battle to save Earth

It is hard to imagine that my attention would be directed away from Christa Campbell, but Farscape star Gigi Edgley managed to do just that. Campbell (Death by Engagement, Revamped) was very evident in the first part of the film, but Edgley took over and saved us from the evil aliens. Well, Jason London (Dazed and Confused) helped her a bit.

It was the aliens that really stole the show. The good alien (unnamed on IMDb) was trying to stop the evil alien, with massive tricks up his sleeve, from destroying Earth to harvest our spent nuclear fuel. We would have gladly given it to them! The alien battles were very reminiscent of the Terminator.

References to Area 51 and the crash at Roswell in 1947 made this more interesting for conspiracy fans.